Saint Vincent and the Grenadines bird checklist

178 bird species in 47 families have been recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, according to eBird; about 155 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.

Species data: eBird.org, updated · How these lists are made

The most common birds in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines right now

  1. 1Red-footed Booby
  2. 2Brown Booby
  3. 3Laughing Gull
  4. 4Sandwich Tern
  5. 5Greater Yellowlegs
  6. 6Blue-winged Teal
  7. 7Brown Pelican
  8. 8Glossy Ibis
  9. 9Magnificent Frigatebird
  10. 10Caribbean Martin
The top 20, and how they are ranked

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines bird checklist

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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
  • Fulvous Whistling-Duck
  • Muscovy Duck
  • Blue-winged Teal
  • American Wigeon
  • Northern Pintail
  • Green-winged Teal
  • Ring-necked Duck
  • Ruddy Duck

Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows

  • Rufous-vented Chachalaca

New World Quail

  • Crested Bobwhite

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

  • Indian Peafowl
  • Red Junglefowl

Pigeons and Doves

  • Rock Pigeon
  • Scaly-naped Pigeon
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove
  • African Collared-Dove
  • Common Ground Dove
  • Ruddy Quail-Dove
  • Zenaida Dove
  • Eared Dove

Cuckoos

  • Smooth-billed Ani
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  • Mangrove Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

  • Common Nighthawk

Swifts

  • Black Swift
  • Gray-rumped Swift
  • Lesser Antillean Swift
  • Short-tailed Swift

Hummingbirds

  • Purple-throated Carib
  • Green-throated Carib
  • Antillean Crested Hummingbird

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

  • Sora
  • Common Gallinule
  • American Coot
  • Purple Gallinule

Stilts and Avocets

  • Black-necked Stilt

Oystercatchers

  • American Oystercatcher

Plovers and Lapwings

  • Black-bellied Plover
  • American Golden-Plover
  • Killdeer
  • Semipalmated Plover
  • Southern Lapwing
  • Wilson's Plover
  • Collared Plover

Sandpipers and Allies

  • Upland Sandpiper
  • Hudsonian Whimbrel
  • Bar-tailed Godwit
  • Hudsonian Godwit
  • Short-billed Dowitcher
  • Wilson's Snipe
  • Spotted Sandpiper
  • Solitary Sandpiper
  • Lesser Yellowlegs
  • Willet
  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Ruddy Turnstone
  • Ruff
  • Stilt Sandpiper
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper
  • Sanderling
  • White-rumped Sandpiper
  • Least Sandpiper
  • Pectoral Sandpiper
  • Western Sandpiper
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper

Skuas and Jaegers

  • Parasitic Jaeger
  • Pomarine Jaeger

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

  • Black-headed Gull
  • Laughing Gull
  • Ring-billed Gull
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull
  • Brown Noddy
  • Black Noddy
  • Sooty Tern
  • Bridled Tern
  • Least Tern
  • Gull-billed Tern
  • Common Tern
  • Roseate Tern
  • Sandwich Tern
  • Royal Tern

Flamingos

  • American Flamingo

Grebes

  • Pied-billed Grebe

Tropicbirds

  • White-tailed Tropicbird
  • Red-billed Tropicbird

Southern Storm-Petrels

  • Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Northern Storm-Petrels

  • Leach's Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

  • Black-capped Petrel
  • Cory's Shearwater
  • Great Shearwater
  • Sooty Shearwater
  • Manx Shearwater
  • Sargasso Shearwater

Frigatebirds

  • Magnificent Frigatebird

Boobies and Gannets

  • Red-footed Booby
  • Brown Booby
  • Masked Booby

Cormorants and Shags

  • Neotropic Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

  • Glossy Ibis
  • Eurasian Spoonbill

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron
  • Black-crowned Night Heron
  • Little Blue Heron
  • Tricolored Heron
  • Snowy Egret
  • Little Egret
  • Striated Heron
  • Green Heron
  • Western Cattle-Egret
  • Great Egret
  • Gray Heron
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Cocoi Heron

Pelicans

  • Brown Pelican

Osprey

  • Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

  • Hook-billed Kite
  • Common Black Hawk
  • Broad-winged Hawk

Barn-Owls

  • American Barn Owl

Kingfishers

  • Belted Kingfisher
  • Green Kingfisher

Falcons and Caracaras

  • American Kestrel
  • Merlin
  • Peregrine Falcon

Old World Parrots

  • Lilian's Lovebird

New World and African Parrots

  • Yellow-crowned Amazon
  • St. Vincent Amazon
  • Orange-winged Amazon

Tyrant Flycatchers

  • Yellow-bellied Elaenia
  • Caribbean Elaenia
  • Grenada Flycatcher
  • Tropical Kingbird
  • Gray Kingbird
  • Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis

  • Yellow-throated Vireo
  • Red-eyed Vireo
  • Black-whiskered Vireo

Swallows

  • Bank Swallow
  • White-winged Swallow
  • Caribbean Martin
  • Barn Swallow
  • Cliff Swallow

Wrens

  • St. Vincent Wren

Mockingbirds and Thrashers

  • Scaly-breasted Thrasher
  • Pearly-eyed Thrasher
  • Brown Trembler
  • Tropical Mockingbird

Thrushes and Allies

  • Rufous-throated Solitaire
  • Cocoa Thrush
  • Spectacled Thrush

Old World Sparrows

  • House Sparrow

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

  • Lesser Antillean Euphonia

Troupials and Allies

  • Bobolink
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Shiny Cowbird
  • Carib Grackle

New World Warblers

  • Louisiana Waterthrush
  • Northern Waterthrush
  • Black-and-white Warbler
  • Prothonotary Warbler
  • Whistling Warbler
  • American Redstart
  • Cape May Warbler
  • Northern Parula
  • Bay-breasted Warbler
  • Northern Yellow Warbler
  • Mangrove Yellow Warbler
  • Blackpoll Warbler
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler

Cardinals and Allies

  • Summer Tanager
  • Scarlet Tanager

Tanagers and Allies

  • Lesser Antillean Tanager
  • Grassland Yellow-Finch
  • Yellow-bellied Seedeater
  • Bananaquit
  • Lesser Antillean Bullfinch
  • Black-faced Grassquit

Most common birds in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.

  1. Red-footed BoobySula sula
  2. Brown BoobySula leucogaster
  3. Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
  4. Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
  5. Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
  6. Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
  7. Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
  8. Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
  9. Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
  10. Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
  11. Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
  12. Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
  13. Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
  14. House SparrowPasser domesticus
  15. Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
  16. Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
  17. BananaquitCoereba flaveola
  18. Green HeronButorides virescens
  19. Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
  20. Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa

Largest bird families in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Among its regular birds.

  • Sandpipers and Allies20
  • Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers12
  • Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns12
  • New World Warblers10
  • Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl7
  • Pigeons and Doves7
  • Plovers and Lapwings7
  • Tanagers and Allies6

Reported in the last 30 days

59 species reported to eBird in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:

Brown Booby, Red-footed Booby, Laughing Gull, Sandwich Tern, Glossy Ibis, Brown Pelican, Blue-winged Teal, Greater Yellowlegs, Caribbean Martin, Magnificent Frigatebird, Black-faced Grassquit, Little Blue Heron, Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Antillean Swift, Green Heron, Gray Kingbird, House Sparrow, Bananaquit, Western Cattle-Egret, Common Ground Dove, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Scaly-naped Pigeon, Eared Dove, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Caribbean Elaenia, St. Vincent Wren, Spectacled Thrush, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Lesser Antillean Bullfinch, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Antillean Crested Hummingbird, Smooth-billed Ani, Grenada Flycatcher, Broad-winged Hawk, Brown Noddy, Royal Tern, Red-billed Tropicbird, Zenaida Dove, Black-bellied Plover, Carib Grackle, …